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Wow, a BFT with 2/4 minute gearing! Wonder how much it'll fetch at auction's end?CDBPDX wrote:There are also a couple phonographs in this auction.
https://auctions.mclarenauction.com/lot ... raphophone
https://auctions.mclarenauction.com/lot ... ph-records
They are not selling it as any type of original. They don't even mention sizes. I only see it as a continuous tone negative and a contact print of poor quality. Just saying, I don't think its has any collector value, and at $160.CDBPDX wrote:A local (Aurora, Oregon) auction house is offering a photo of Thomas Edison in his shop including the negative. Nothing in the photo says phonograph, but it is Edison. Thought it might be of interest here...
WOW! Not sure what a continuous tone negative is, doesn't sound too encouraging. Should this be a glass plate negative?Roaring20s wrote:They are not selling it as any type of original. They don't even mention sizes. I only see it as a continuous tone negative and a contact print of poor quality. Just saying, I don't think its has any collector value, and at $160.CDBPDX wrote:A local (Aurora, Oregon) auction house is offering a photo of Thomas Edison in his shop including the negative. Nothing in the photo says phonograph, but it is Edison. Thought it might be of interest here...
Here's the same image with greater tonal range.
James.
EEK!Roaring20s wrote:Cliff, film negatives were available when this photograph was originally taken.
Film used in cameras are continuous in tone. To me, what's being offered looks like a modern replication of an old photo. Using a camera to make a photographic duplicate. Loosing tonal quality along the way.
James.